2007-12-23 01:32:25 · 13 answers · asked by robert h 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints don't, and it is immediate excommunication if a person gets involved with it.
A lot of people of other religions try to give the illusion that we do, but that is just one of their many smear techniques.
2007-12-23 01:43:49 · answer #1 · answered by LDS girl 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints only allows a man to marry one wife. On the other hand the FLDS church promotes polygamy.
2007-12-23 12:00:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They officially gave that up in order for Utah to join the USA. But in fact, there are a lot of polygamist Mormons, especially in the area north of the Grand Canyon, in Arizona and just over the border into Utah.
2007-12-23 01:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Some branches of the Mormon church still practice polygamy. One example is the branch of 10,000 under the leader Warren Jeffs who was recently sent to federal prison for child rape. His cult still practices what he preached, and has vowed to follow him to the end.
Jeffs gained international notoriety in May 2006 when he was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on Utah state charges related to his alleged arrangement of extralegal "marriages" between his adult male followers and underage girls.
2007-12-23 01:36:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
There are some that still practice polygamy. About 3 years back some guy got thrown in jail in Utah for having 5 wives...they all had their own little house, all the kids were homeschooled and seemed content. But, God's law and man's law in American says "one wife"...oh, well.
2007-12-23 01:42:06 · answer #5 · answered by RT 66 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Polygamy is illegal in the US. The Church outlawed polygamy in the 19th century. Any member who practices polygamy is excommunicated, as well as prosecuted by the law.
2007-12-23 14:17:47 · answer #6 · answered by nymormon 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only the Fundamentalist branch does. The FLDS
2007-12-23 01:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Certainly not, supporting and keeping one wife happy is difficult enough.
2007-12-23 03:30:56 · answer #8 · answered by Wahnote 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Members of the true church do not. It is forbidden. Only those of radical fundamentalist beliefs do. Then, radicals say and preach what they want, right or wrong.
2007-12-23 01:37:02 · answer #9 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And is that a bigamy, or polygamy?
2007-12-23 01:45:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋